Jacqueline Simoneau

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Jacqueline Simoneau
Jacqueline Simoneau en MEL 2018.png
Simoneau at the Montréal Light Festival in 2018.
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1996-09-29) September 29, 1996 (age 24)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesSynchronized swimming
ClubCanada Artistic Swimming
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Medal record
Representing  Canada
Artistic swimming
FINA Junior World Aquatics Championships 
Silver medal – second place 2014 Helsinki Solo
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Volos Solo
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Women's duet
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's duet
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's team

Jacqueline Simoneau (born September 29, 1996 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer.[1]

Career[]

In 2011, Simoneau won a gold medal in the Solo and Duet events, and a silver medal in the Figure event at the 2011 UANA Pan American Championships. In 2012, she qualified for her first National Team where she won a bronze medal in the Team event at the Comen Cup. In the same year, she won a bronze medal in the Solo event at the 2012 FINA World Junior Championships. In 2013, she won a bronze medal in both Technical and Free team at the Brazil Open. She finished 5th at the 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships in the Technical team and Combo events, and 6th at the Free Team event. Simoneau won a silver medal in the Solo event at the 2014 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships, getting gold in the Technical Routine and silver in the Free routine. She finished in 6th place in the Technical Solo event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

She has been ranked consistently among the world's best five solo and duet synchronized swimmers between 2013 and 2015.[2]

See Simoneau's success in Artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Simoneau, along with the Canadian Senior National Artistic Swimming Team, trains 10 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Olympian Timeline[]

Simoneau won two gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. On May 18, 2016, Simoneau was named to Canada's 2016 Olympics team in the duet event.[3] In Rio, Simoneau and her teammate Karine Thomas finished seventh.[4] In July 2019, Canada's Olympic team- led by Simoneau- competed in Gwangju, Korea, where their team finished 7th in both Free and Technical team, and 4th in the Highlight routine; Simoneau and Claudia Holzner's Technical duet placed 7th and their Free 6th; Simoneau's Technical and Free solos placed 5th.[5] These results led to the qualification of Simoneau and Holzner's Women's Technical Duet, and the Canadian Women's Free and Technical Teams to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[6]

Education[]

Jacqueline attends Vanier College: Saint Laurent in Quebec, Canada, studying Health Science.[7] She will graduate in December 2019 and intends to apply to medical school after she attains her degree.

SImoneau was a research assistant with Frontier Volunteer where she did Rain Conservation work.

Leadership and activism[]

Simoneau is a RBC Olympian:[8] she mentors Student Athletes in Quebec who have been identified with Olympic potential; an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation;[9] an ambassador for AthletesCAN ; an ambassador for the Foundation of Stars: a non-profit organization which does pediatric research; and an ambassador for Fast and Female:[10] an organization which aims to increase confidence and leadership in girls through sport participation.[11]

Simoneau has led "Synchro Clinics" where she was able to teach Artistic Swimming to young athletes in countries including, but not limited to, Singapore and Columbia.

Media[]

She stars in the CBC Documentary "Perfect", which gives an inside scoop to the hardships of the Canadian Artistic Swimming Team in their attempt to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympic games.

Rituals, Mottos, Beliefs, Superstitions, etc.[]

Simoneau's sporting philosophy is "mens sana in corpore sano.", which translates to a healthy mind in a healthy body.[12]

Jacqueline eats a small piece of chocolate before every performance.[13]

Interests[]

Simoneau has been a part of Vanier College: Saint Laurent's Robotics Club since 2016, which competes at the Canadian Robotics Competition annually.

References[]

  1. ^ "Jacqueline Simoneau". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  2. ^ http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=262&Itemid=1736
  3. ^ "Synchronized swimmers Jacqueline Simoneau, Karine Thomas named for Rio". Canadian Press. Toronto, Canada. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ Demers, Xavier (18 August 2016). "Une expérience incroyable pour Jacqueline Simoneau". Journal de Chambly (in French). Chambly, Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ^ "2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Canada Artistic Swimming. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  6. ^ Holzner, Claudia (2019-09-02). "WE QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPICS!!". Claudia Holzner. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  7. ^ "Jacqueline Simoneau | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  8. ^ "Sponsoring Olympic, Paralympic and Special Olympic Athletes". www.rbc.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  9. ^ "Jacqueline Simoneau". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  10. ^ "Canada Ambassadors – Fast and Female". Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  11. ^ "About Us – Fast and Female". Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  12. ^ "Jacqueline Simoneau | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  13. ^ "Jacqueline Simoneau | Canadian Athletes Now Fund". Retrieved 2019-11-06.

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